* This text has been put together by the secretariat
on the basis of its notes. It is now being submitted to the principal officers
of the Conference for their review and will subsequently go through the process
of formal editing.

Recognizing the urgent need to translate the objectives of the Declaration into
a practical and workable Programme of Action, the World Conference against
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance:

1.Urges States in their national efforts,
and in cooperation with other States, regional and international organizations
and financial institutions, to promote the use of public and private investment
in consultation with the affected communities in order to eradicate poverty,
particularly in those areas in which victims of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance predominantly live;

2.Urges States to take all necessary and appropriate measures
to end enslavement and contemporary forms of slavery-like practices to initiate
constructive dialogue among States and implement measures with a view to correcting
the problem and the damage resulting from them;

3.Urges States to work nationally and in cooperation with other
States and relevant regional and international organizations and programmes
to strengthen national mechanisms to promote and protect the human rights
of victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
who are infected, or presumably infected, with pandemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS
and to take concrete measures, including preventive action, appropriate access
to medication and treatment, programmes of education, training and mass media
dissemination to eliminate violence, stigmatization, discrimination, unemployment
and other negative consequences arising from these pandemics;

Africans and people of African descent

4.Urges States to facilitate
the participation of people of African descent in all political, economic,
social and cultural aspects of society and in the advancement and economic
development of their countries, and to promote a greater knowledge of and
respect for their heritage and culture;

5.Requests States, supported by international
cooperation as appropriate, to consider positively concentrating additional
investments in health‑care systems, education, public health, electricity,
drinking water and environmental control, as well as other affirmative or
positive action initiatives in communities of primarily African descent;

6.Calls upon the United Nations, international
financial and development institutions and other appropriate international
mechanisms to develop capacity-building programmes intended for Africans and
people of African descent in the Americas and around the world;

7.Requests the Commission on Human Rights
to consider establishing a working group or other mechanism of the United
Nations to study the problems of racial discrimination faced by people of
African descent living in the African diaspora and make proposals for the
elimination of racial discrimination against people of African descent;

8.Urges financial and development institutions
and the operational programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations,
in accordance with their regular budgets and the procedures of their governing
bodies, to:

(a)Assign particular priority, and allocate sufficient funding, within
their areas of competence and budgets, to improving the situation of Africans
and people of African descent, while devoting special attention to the needs
of these populations in developing countries, inter alia through
the preparation of specific programmes of action;

(b)Carry out special projects, through appropriate channels and in collaboration
with Africans and people of African descent, to support their initiatives
at the community level and to facilitate the exchange of information and technical
know‑how between these populations and experts in these areas;

(c)Develop programmes intended for people of African descent allocating
additional investments to health systems, education, housing, electricity,
drinking water and environmental control measures and promoting equal opportunities
in employment, as well as other affirmative or positive action initiatives;

9.Requests States to increase public actions
and policies in favour of women and young males of African descent, given
that racism affects them more deeply, placing them in a more marginalized
and disadvantaged situation;

10.Urges States to ensure access to education
and promote access to new technologies that would offer Africans and people
of African descent, in particular women and children, adequate resources for
education, technological development and long-distance learning in local communities,
and further urges States to promote the full and accurate inclusion of the
history and contribution of Africans and people of African descent in the
education curriculum;

11.Encourages States to identify factors which prevent
equal access to, and the equitable presence of, people of African descent at
all levels of the public sector, including the public service, and in particular
the administration of justice, and to take appropriate measures to remove the
obstacles identified and also to encourage the private sector to promote equal
access to, and the equitable presence of, people of African descent at all levels
within their organizations;

12.Calls upon States to take specific steps
to ensure full and effective access to the justice systemfor allindividuals, particularly
those of African descent;

13.Urges States, in accordance with international human rights
standards and their respective domestic legal framework, to resolve problems
of ownership of ancestral lands inhabited for generations by people of African
descent and to promote the productive utilization of land and the comprehensive
development of these communities, respecting their culture and their specific
forms of decision-making;

14.Urges States to recognize the particularly severe problems of
religious prejudice and intolerance that many people of African descent experience
and to implement policies and measures that are designed to prevent and eliminate
all such discrimination on the basis of religion and belief, which, when combined
with certain other forms of discrimination, constitutes a form of multiple
discrimination;

Indigenous peoples

15.Urges States:

(a)To adopt or continue to apply, in concert with them, constitutional,
administrative, legislative, judicial and all necessary measures to promote,
protect and ensure the enjoyment by indigenous peoples of their rights, as
well as to guarantee them the exercise of their human rights and fundamental
freedoms on the basis of equality, non‑discrimination and full and free
participation in all areas of society, in particular in matters affecting
or concerning their interests;

(b)To promote better knowledge of and respect for
indigenous cultures and heritage; and welcomes measures already taken by States
in these respects;

16.Urges States to work with indigenous peoples
to stimulate their access to economic activities and increase their level
of employment, where appropriate, through the establishment, acquisition or
expansion by indigenous peoples of enterprises, and the implementation of
measures such as training, the provision of technical assistance and credit
facilities;

17.
Urges States to work with indigenous peoples to establish and implement
programmes that provide access to training and services that could benefit
the development of their communities;

18.
Requests States to adopt public policies and give impetus to programmes
on behalf of and in concert with indigenous women and girls, with a view to
promoting their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights; to
putting an end to their situation of disadvantage for reasons of gender and
ethnicity; to dealing with urgent problems affecting them in regard to education,
their physical and mental health, economic life and in the matter of violence
against them, including domestic violence; and to eliminating the situation
of aggravated discrimination suffered by indigenous women and girls on multiple
grounds of racism and gender discrimination;

19. Recommends that States examine, in conformity with relevant
international human rights instruments, norms and standards, their Constitutions,
laws, legal systems and policies in order to identify and eradicate racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance towards indigenous
peoples and individuals, whether implicit, explicit or inherent;

20. Calls upon concerned States to honour and respect their treaties
and agreements with indigenous peoples and to accord them due recognition
and observance;

21. Calls upon States to give full and appropriate consideration
to the recommendations produced by indigenous peoples in their own forums
on the World Conference;

22.
Requests States:

(a)To develop and, where they already exist, support institutional mechanisms
to promote the accomplishment of the objectives and measures relating to indigenous
peoples agreed in this Plan of Action;

(b)To promote in concert with indigenous organizations, local authorities
and non‑governmental organizations, actions aimed at overcoming racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against indigenous
peoples and to make regular assessments of the progress achieved in this regard;

(c)To promote understanding among society at large of the importance of
special measures to overcome disadvantages faced by indigenous peoples;

23.
Calls upon States to recognize the particular challenges faced by indigenous
peoples and individuals living in urban environments and urges States to implement
effective strategies to combat the racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance they encounter, paying particular attention to opportunities
for their continued practice of their traditional, cultural, linguistic and
spiritual ways of life;

Migrants

24.
Requests all States to combat manifestations of a generalized rejection
of migrants and actively to discourage all racist demonstrations and acts
that generate xenophobic behaviour and negative sentiments towards, or rejection
of, migrants;

25.
Invites international and national non‑governmental organizations
to include monitoring and protection of the human rights of migrants in their
programmes and activities and to sensitize Governments and increase public
awareness in all States about the need to prevent racist acts and manifestations
of discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against migrants;

26.
Requests States to promote and protect fully and effectively the human
rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, in conformity with the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and their obligations under international human
rights instruments, regardless of the migrants’ immigration status;

27.
Encourages States to promote education on the human rights of migrants
and to engage in information campaigns to ensure that the public receives
accurate information regarding migrants and migration issues, including the
positive contribution of migrants to the host society and the vulnerability
of migrants, particularly those who are in an irregular situation;

28.
Calls upon States to facilitate family reunification,in an expeditious and effective manner which has a positive effect
on integration of migrants, with due regard for the desire of many family
members to have an independent status;

29.
Urges States to take concrete measures that would eliminate racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the workplace,
against all workers, including migrants, and ensure the full equality of all
before the law, including labour law, and further urges States to eliminate
barriers, where appropriate, to:participating
in vocational training, collective bargaining, employment, contracts and trade
union activity; accessing judicial and administrative tribunals dealing with
grievances; seeking employment in different parts of their country of residence;
and working in safe and healthy conditions;

30. Urges States:

(a)To develop and implement policies and action plans, and to reinforce and
implement preventive measures, in order to foster greater harmony and tolerance
between migrants and host societies, with the aim of eliminating manifestations
of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including
acts of violence, perpetrated in many societies by individuals or groups ;

(b)To review and revise, where necessary, their immigration laws, policies
and practices so that they are free of racial discrimination and compatible
with States’ obligations under international human rights instruments;

(c)To implement specific measures involving the host community and migrants
in order to encourage respect for cultural diversity, to promote the fair
treatment of migrants and to develop programmes, where appropriate, that facilitate
their integration into social, cultural, political and economic life;

(d)To ensure that migrants, regardless of their immigration status, detained
by public authorities, are treated with humanity and in a fair manner, and
receive effective legal protection and, where appropriate, the assistance
of a competent interpreter in accordance with the relevant norms of international
law and human rights standards, particularly during interrogation;

(e)To ensure that the police and immigration authorities treat migrants
in a dignified and non‑discriminatory manner, in accordance with international
standards, through, inter alia, organizing specialized training
courses for administrators, police officers, immigration officials and other
interested groups;

(f)To consider the question of, with a view to promoting, the recognition
of the educational, professional and technical credentials of migrants, with
a view to maximizing their contribution to their new States of residence;

(g)To take all possible measures to promote the full enjoyment by all
migrants of all human rights, including those related to fair wages and equal
remuneration for workof equal value
without distinction of any kind, and with the right to security in the event
of unemployment, sickness, disability, widow-hood, old age or other lack of
livelihood in circumstances beyond his control, social security, including
social insurance, access to education, health care, social services and respect
for their cultural identity;

(h)To consider adopting and implementing immigration policies and programmes
that would enable immigrants, in particular women and children who are victims
of spousal or domestic violence, to free themselves from abusive relationships;

31.
Urges States, in the light of the increased proportion of women migrants,
to place special focus on gender issues, including gender discrimination,
particularly when the multiple barriers faced by migrant women intersect;
detailed research should be undertaken not only in respect of human rights
violations perpetrated against women migrants, but also on the contribution
they make to the economies of their countries of origin and destination/host
countries, and the findings should be included in reports to treaty bodies;

32.
Urges States to recognize the same economic opportunities and responsibilities
to documented long‑term migrants as to other members of society;

33.
Recommends that host countries for migrants consider the provision
of adequate social services, in particular, in the areas of health, education
and adequate housing, as a matter of priority, in cooperation with the United
Nations agencies, the regional organisations and international financial bodies,
also requests that these agencies provide an adequate response to requests
for such services.

Refugees

34.
Urges States to comply with their obligations under international human
rights, refugee and humanitarian law relating to refugees, asylum‑seekers
and displaced persons, and urges the international community to provide them
with protection and assistance in an equitable manner and with due regard
to their needs in different parts of the world, in keeping with principles
of international solidarity, burden sharing and international cooperation
to share responsibilities;

35.
Calls upon States to recognize the racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance that refugees may face as they endeavour to engage
in the life of the societies of their host countries and encourages States
to develop strategies to address this discrimination and to facilitate the
full enjoyment of the human rights of refugees, in accordance with their international
obligations and commitments.State
parties should ensure that all measures relating to refugees must be in full
accordance with the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and
its 1967 Protocol.

36.
Urges States to take effective steps to protect refugee and internally
displaced women and girls from violence, to investigate any such violations
and to bring those responsible to justice, in collaboration, when appropriate,
with the relevant and competent organizations;

Other
victims

37.
Urges States to take all possible measures to ensure that all persons,
without any discrimination, are registered and have access to the necessary
documentation reflecting their legal identity to enable them to benefit from
available legal procedures, remedies and development opportunities, as well
as to reduce the incidence of trafficking;

38.
Recognizes that victims of trafficking are particularly exposed to
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.States shall ensure that all measures taken against trafficking in
persons, in particular those that affect the victims of such trafficking,
are consistent with internationally recognized principles of non‑discrimination,
including the prohibition of racial discrimination and the availability of
appropriate legal redress;

39.
Calls upon States to ensure that Roma/Gypsy/Sinti/Traveller children
and youth, especially girls, are given equal access to education and that
educational curricula at all levels, including complementary programmes on
intercultural education, which might, inter alia, include opportunities
for them to learn the official languages in the pre‑school period and
to recruit Roma teachers and classroom assistants in order for such children
and youth to learn their mother‑tongue, are sensitive and responsive
to their needs;

40.
Encourages States, to adopt appropriate and concrete policies and measures,
to develop implementation mechanisms, where these do not already exist, and
to exchange experiences, in cooperation with representatives of the Roma/Gypsies/Sinti/Travellers,
in order to eradicate discrimination against them, enable them to achieve
equality and ensure their full enjoyment of all their human rights, as recommended
in the case of the Roma by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
in its General Recommendation XXVII, so that their needs are met;

41.
Recommends that the intergovernmental organizations address, as appropriate,
in their projects of cooperation with and assistance to various States,
the situation of the Roma/Gypsies/Sinti/Travellers and promote their economic,
social and cultural advancement;

42.
Calls upon States and encourages non‑governmental organizations
to raise awareness about the racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance experienced by the Roma/Gypsies/Sinti/Travellers, and
to promote knowledge and respect for their culture and history;

43.
Encourages the media to promote equal access to and participation in
the media for the Roma/Gypsies/Sinti/Travellers, as well as to protect them
from racist, stereotypical and discriminatory media reporting, and calls upon
States to facilitate the media’s efforts in this regard;

44.
Invites Government efforts to design policies aimed at combating racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance that are based on
reliable statistical data recognizing the concerns identified in consultation
with the Roma/Gypsies/Sinti/Travellers themselves reflecting as accurately
as possible their status in society. All such information shall be collected
in accordance with provisions on human rights and fundamental freedoms, such
as data protection regulations and privacy guarantees and in consultations
with the persons concerned;

45.
Encourages States to address the problems of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance against people of Asian descent and urges
States to take all necessary measures to eliminate the barriers that such
persons face in participating in economic, social, cultural and political
life.

46.
Urges States to ensure within their jurisdiction, that persons belonging
to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities can exercise fully
and effectively all human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination
and in full equality before the law, and also urges States and the international
community to promote and protect the rights of such persons;

47.
States should guarantee the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic,
religious and linguistic minorities, individually or in community with other
members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise
their own religion, and to use their own language, in private and in public,
freely and without interference, and to participate effectively in the cultural,
social, economic and political life of the country in which they live in order
to protect them from any form of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance that they are or may be subjected to;

48.
Urges States to recognize the effect that discrimination,
marginalization and social exclusion have had and continue to have on many
racial groups living in a numerically based minority situation within a State,
and to ensure that persons in such groups can exercise, as individual members
of such groups, fully and effectively all human rights and fundamental freedoms
without distinction and in full equality before the law, and to take, where
applicable, appropriate measures in respect of employment, housing and education
with a view to prevent racial discrimination;

49.
Urges States to take, where applicable,
appropriate measures to prevent racial discrimination against persons belonging
to, national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in respect of
employment, housing, social services and education and in this context forms
of multiple discrimination should be taken into account;

50.
Urges States to incorporate a gender perspective
in all programmes of action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance and to consider the burden of such discrimination
which falls particularly on indigenous women, African women, Asian women,
women of African descent, women of Asian descent, women migrants and women
from other disadvantaged groups, ensuring their access to the resources of
production on an equal footing with men, as a means of promoting their participation
in the economic and productive development of their communities;

51.
Urges States to involve women, especially women victims of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in decision‑making
at all levels when working towards the eradication of such discrimination,
and to develop concrete measures to incorporate race/gender analysis in the
implementation of all aspects of the Programme of Action and national plans
of action, particularly in the fields of employment programmes and services
and resource allocation;

52.
Recognizing that poverty shapes economic and social status and establishes
obstacles to the effective political participation of women and men in different
ways and to different extents, urges States to undertake gender analyses on
all economic and social policies and programmes, especially poverty eradication
measures, including those designed and implemented to benefit those individuals
or groups of individuals who are victims of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance;

53.
Urges States and encourages all sectors of society to empower women
and girls who are victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance, so that they can fully exercise their rights in all spheres
of public and private life, and to ensure the full, equal and effective participation
of women in decision‑making at all levels, in particular in the design,
implementation and evaluation of policies and measures which affect their
lives;

54.
Urges States:

(a)To recognize that sexual violence which has been
systematically used as a weapon of war, sometimes with the acquiescence or
at the instigation of the State, is a serious violation of international humanitarian
law which, in defined circumstances, constitutes a crime against humanity
and/or a war crime, and that the intersection of discrimination on grounds
of race and gender makes women and girls particularly vulnerable to this type
of violence which is often related to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance;

(b)To end impunity and prosecute those responsible
for crimes against humanity and war crimes, including crimes related to sexual
and other gender-based violence against women and girls, as well as to ensure
that persons in authority who are responsible for such crimes, including by
committing, ordering, soliciting, inducing, aiding in, abetting, assisting
or in any other way contributing to the commission or attempted commission
are identified, investigated, prosecuted and punished;

55.
Requests States, in collaboration where necessary with international
organizations, having the best interests of the child as a primary consideration,
to provide protection against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance against children, especially those in circumstances of
particular vulnerability, and to pay special attention to the situation of
such children when designing relevant policies, strategies and programmes;

56.
UrgesStates, in accordance with their national
law and their obligations under the relevant international instruments, to
take all measures to the maximum extent of their available resources to guarantee,
without any discrimination, the equal right of all children to the immediate
registration of birth, in order to enable them to exercise their human rights
and fundamental freedoms. States shall grant women equal rights with men with
respect to nationality;

57.
Urges States and international and regional organizations, and encourages
non‑governmental organizations and the private sector to address the
situation of persons with disabilities who are also subject to racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; also urges States to take
necessary measures to ensure their full enjoyment of all human rights and
to facilitate their full integration into all fields oflife;

III. MEASURES OF
PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND PROTECTION AIMED
AT THE ERADICATION OF RACISM, RACIALDISCRIMINATION,
XENOPHOBIA AND RELATEDINTOLERANCE
AT THE NATIONAL, REGIONAL ANDINTERNATIONAL
LEVELS

58.
Urges States to adopt and implement, at both the national and international
levels, effective measures and policies, in addition to existing anti‑discrimination
national legislation and relevant international instruments and mechanisms,
which encourage all citizens and institutions to take a stand against racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and to recognize,
respect and maximize the benefits of diversity within and among all nations
in working together to build a harmonious and productive future by putting
into practice and promoting values and principles such as justice, equality
and non‑discrimination, democracy, fairness and friendship, tolerance
and respect within and between communities and nations, in particular through
public information and education programmes to raise awareness and understanding
of the benefits of cultural diversity, including programmes where the public
authorities work in partnership with international and non‑governmental
organizations and other sectors of civil society;

59.
Urges States to mainstream a gender perspective in the design and development
of measures of prevention, education and protection aimed at the eradication
of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance at all
levels, to ensure that they effectively target the distinct situations of
women and men.

60.
Urges States to adopt or strengthen, as appropriate, national programmes
for eradicating poverty and reducing social exclusion which take account of
the needs and experiences of groups or individuals who are victims of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and also urges
that they expand their efforts to foster bilateral, regional and international
cooperation in implementing those programmes;

61.
Urges States to work to ensure that their political and legal systems
reflect the multicultural diversity within their societies and where necessary
to improve democratic institutions so that they are more fully participatory
and avoid marginalization, exclusion and discrimination against specific sectors
of society;

62.
Urges States to take all necessary measures to address specifically,
through policies and programmes, racism and racially motivated violence against
women and girls and to increase cooperation, policy responses and effective
implementation of national legislation and of their obligations under relevant
international instruments, and other protective and preventive measures aimed
at the elimination of all forms of racially motivated discrimination and violence
against women and girls;

63.
Encourages the business sector, in particular the tourist industry
and Internet providers, to develop codes of conduct, with a view to preventing
trafficking in persons and protecting the victims of such traffic, especially
those in prostitution, against gender-based and racial discrimination and
promoting their rights, dignity and security;

64.
Urges States to devise, enforce and strengthen effective measures at
the national, regional and international levels to prevent, combat and eliminate
all forms of trafficking in women and children, in particular girls, through
comprehensive anti‑trafficking strategies which include legislative
measures, prevention campaigns and information exchange.It also urges States to allocate resources, as appropriate, to provide
comprehensive programmes designed to provide assistance to, protection for,
healing, reintegration into society and rehabilitation of victims. States shall provide or strengthen training for
law enforcement, immigration and other relevant officials who deal with victims
of trafficking in this regard;

65.
Encourages the bodies, agencies and relevant programmes of the United
Nations system and States to promote and to make use of the “Guiding Principles
on Internal Displacement” (E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2), particularly those provisions
relating to non-discrimination,

A.National level

1.Legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative and other measures
to prevent and protect against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance

66.
Urges States to establish and implement without delay national policies
and action plans to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and
related intolerance, including their gender‑based manifestations;

67.
Urges States to design or reinforce, promote and implement effective
legislative and administrative policies, as well as other preventive measures,
against the serious situation experienced by certain groups of workers, including
migrant workers, who are victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance.Special attention should be given to protecting people engaged
in domestic work and trafficked persons, from discrimination and violence,
as well as to combating prejudice against them;

68.
Urges States to adopt and implement, or strengthen, national legislation
and administrative measures that expressly and specifically counter racism
and prohibit racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance whether
direct or indirect, in all spheres of public life in accordance with their
obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination ensuring that their reservations are not contrary
to the object and purpose of the Convention;

69.Urges States to enact
and implement, as appropriate, laws against trafficking in persons, especially
women and children and smuggling of migrants, taking into account, practices
that endanger human lives or lead to various kinds of servitude and exploitation,
such as debt bondage, slavery, sexual exploitation or labour exploitation;
also encourages States to create, if they do not already exist, mechanisms
to combat such practices and to allocate adequate resources to ensure law
enforcement, the protection of the rights of victims, and to reinforce bilateral,
regional and international cooperation, including with non‑governmental
organizations that assist victims, to combat this trafficking in persons and
smuggling of migrants;

70.
Urges States to take all necessary constitutional, legislative and
administrative measures to foster equality among individuals and groups who
are affected by, vulnerable to, or victims of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance, and to review existing measures with a
view to amending or repealing national legislation and administrative provisions
that may give rise to such forms of discrimination;

71.
Urges States, including their law enforcement agencies, to design and
fully implement effective policies and programmes to prevent, detect and ensure
accountability for misconduct by police officers and other law enforcement
personnel which is motivated by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance and to prosecute perpetrators of such misconduct;

72.
Urges States to design, implement and enforce effective measures to
eliminate the phenomenon popularly known as “racial profiling” and comprising
the practice of police and other law enforcement officers relying, to any
degree, on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin as the basis
for subjecting persons to investigatory activities or for determining whether
an individual is engaged in criminal activity.

73.
Urges States to take measures to prevent genetic research or its applications
from being used to promote racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance, to protect the privacy of personal genetic information and to
prevent such information from being used for discriminatory or racist purposes;

74.
Urges States and invites non-governmental organizations and the private
sector:

(a)To create and implement policies that promote a high-quality and diverse
police force free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance, and recruit actively all groups, including minorities, into public
employment, including the police force and other agencies within the criminal
justice system (such as prosecutors);

i)Developing educational materials to teach young people the
importance of tolerance and respect;

ii)Addressing bias before it manifests
itself in violent criminal activity;

iii)Establishing working groups
consisting of, among others, local community leaders and national and local
law enforcement officials, to improve coordination, community involvement,
training, education and data collection, with the aim of preventing such violent
criminal activity;

vi)Providing appropriate assistance
to victims, and public education to prevent future incidents of violence motivated
by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Ratification of
and effective implementation of relevant international and regional legal instruments
on human rights and non-discrimination

75.Urges States that have not yet done so to
consider ratifying or acceding to the international human rights instruments
which combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
in particular to accede to the International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination as a matter of urgency, with a view
to universal ratification by the year 2005, and to consider making the declaration
envisaged under article 14, to comply with their reporting obligations, and
to publish and act upon the concluding observations of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination.It
also urges States to withdraw reservations contrary to the object and purpose
of that Convention and to consider withdrawing other reservations;

76.Urges States to give due consideration to
the observations and recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination.To that effect,
States should consider setting up appropriate national monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms to ensure that all appropriate steps are taken to follow up on
these observations and recommendations;

77.Urges States that have not yet done so to
consider becoming parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights as well as to consider acceding to the Optional Protocols to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

78.Urges those States that have not yet done
so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the following instruments:

(a)Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
1948;

(f)Convention against Discrimination in Education, adopted on 14 December 1960
by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization;

(g)Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women 1979, with a view to achieving universal ratification within five
years, and its Optional Protocol of 1999;

(h)Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989
and its two Optional Protocols of 2000, and the International Labour
Organization Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) and Worst Forms of Child
Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182);

(k)International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990;

(l)The Rome Statute of the International Criminal
Court, 1998;

(m)United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the Convention and the Protocol against
the smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the Convention, 2000;

It
further urges States Parties to these instruments to implement them fully;

79.
Calls upon States to promote and protectthe exercise of the rights set out in the Declaration on the Elimination
of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief,
proclaimed by the General Assembly in its resolution 36/55, of 25 November
1981, in order toobviate religious discrimination which,
when combined with certain other forms of discrimination, constitutes a form
of multiple discrimination;

80.
Urges States to seek full respect for, and compliance with, the Vienna
Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, especially as it relates to the
right of foreign nationals, regardless of their legal and immigration status,
to communicate with a consular officer of their own State in the case of arrest
or detention;

81.
Urges all States to prohibit discriminatory treatment against foreigners
and migrant workers, inter alia, where appropriate, concerning the
granting of work visas and work permits housing, health care and access to
justice, based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin;

82.
Underlines the importance of combating impunity, including for crimes
with a racist or xenophobic motivation, also at the international level noting
that impunity for violations of human rights and international humanitarian
law is a serious obstacle to a fair and equitable justice system and, ultimately,
reconciliation and stability; it also fully supports the work of the existing
international criminal tribunals and the ratification of the Statute of the
International Criminal Court; urges all States to cooperate with these international
criminal tribunals;

83.
Urges States to make every effort to fully apply the relevant provisions
of the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998 of
the ILO, in order to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance.

Prosecution of perpetrators
of racist acts

84.Urges States to adopt effective measures
to combat criminal acts motivated by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance, to take measures so that such motivations be considered
an aggravating factor for the purposes of sentencing, to prevent these crimes
from going unpunished and to ensure the rule of law;

85.Urges States to undertake investigations to examine
possible links between criminal prosecution, police violence and penal sanctions,
on the one hand, and racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance, on the other, so as to have evidence for taking the necessary
steps for the eradication of any such links and discriminatory practices;

86.Calls upon States to promotemeasures to deter the emergence and to counterneo‑fascist, violent nationalist ideologies which promote racial
hatred and racial discrimination, as well as racist and xenophobic sentiments,
including measures to combat the negative influence of such ideologies especially
on young people through formal and non-formal education, media and sport;

87.Urges States parties to adopt legislation implementing the obligations they have assumed to
prosecute and punish persons who have committed or ordered to be committed
grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Additional
Protocol I thereto and of other serious violations of the laws and customs
of war, in particular in relation to the principle of non‑discrimination;

88.Calls upon
States to criminalize all formsof
trafficking in persons, in particularwomen and children and to condemn and
penalize traffickers and intermediaries, while ensuring protection and assistance
to the victims of trafficking with full respect for their human rights;

89.Urges States to carry out comprehensive,
exhaustive, timely and impartial investigations of all unlawful acts of racism
and racial discrimination, to prosecute criminal offences ex officio,
as appropriate, or initiate or facilitate all appropriate actions arising
from offences of a racist or xenophobic nature, to ensure that criminal and
civil investigations, and prosecutions of offences of a racist or xenophobic
nature are given high priority and are actively and consistently undertaken,
and ensure the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other
organs administering justice.In this
regard, the World Conference underlines the importance of fostering awareness
and providing training to the various agents in the criminal justice system
to ensure fair and impartial application of the law.In this respect, it recommends that anti‑discrimination monitoring
services be established;

Establishment and reinforcement of independent specialized national
institutions and mediation

90.Urges States, as appropriate, to establish,
strengthen, review and reinforce the effectiveness of independent national
human rights institutions, particularly on issues of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance, in conformity with the Principles relating
to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of
human rights, annexed to General Assembly resolution 48/134 of 20 December
1993, and to provide them with adequate financial resources, competence and
capacity for investigation, research, education and public awareness activities
to combat these phenomena;

91.Also urges
States:

(a)To foster cooperation between these institutions
and other national institutions;

(b)To take steps to ensure that those groups or individuals who are victims
of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance can participate
fully in these institutions;

(c)To support these institutions and similar bodies, inter alia
through the publication and circulation of existing national laws and jurisprudence,
and cooperation with institutions in other countries so that knowledge can
be gained of the manifestations, functions and mechanisms of these practices
and the strategies designed to prevent, combat and eradicate them;

2.Policies and practices

Data collection
and disaggregation, research and study

92.
Urges States to collect, compile, analyse, disseminate and publish
reliable statistical data at the national and local levels and undertake all
other related measures which are necessary to assess regularly the situation
of individuals and groups who are victims of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance .

(a)Such statistical data should be disaggregated in accordance with national
legislation. Any such information
shall, as appropriate, be collected with their explicit consent of the victims,
based on their self-identification and in accordance with provisions on human
rights and fundamental freedoms, such as data protection regulations and privacy
guarantees. This information must not be misused.

(b)The statistical data and information should be collected with the objective
of monitoring the situation of marginalised groups as well as the development
and evaluation of legislation, policies, practices and other measures aimed
at preventing and combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance, as well as for the purpose of determining whether any
measures have an unintentional disparate impact on victims. To that end, it recommends the development of voluntary, consensual
and participatory strategies in the process of collecting, designing and using
information.

(c)The information should take into account economic and social indicators,
including, where appropriate, health and health status, infant and maternal
mortality, life expectancy, literacy, education, employment, housing, land
ownership, mental and physical health care, water, sanitation, energy and
communications services, poverty and average disposable income in order to
elaborate social and economic development policies with a view to closing
the existing gaps in social and economic conditions.

93.
Invites States, inter-governmental organisations, non-governmental
organisations, academic institutions and the private sector to improve concepts
and methods of data collection and analysis; to promote research, exchange
experiences and successful practices and develop promotional activities in
this area; and to develop indicators of progress and participation of individuals
and groups in society subject to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance;

94.
Recognizes that policies and programmes aimed at combating racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance should be based
on quantitative and qualitative research, incorporating a gender perspective.
Such policies and programmes should take into account priorities identified
by individuals and groups who are victims of, or subject to, racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

95.
Urges States to establish regular monitoring on acts of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the public and private
sector, including those committed by law enforcement officials;

96.
Invites States to promote and conduct studies and adopt an integral
objective and long-term approach to all phases and aspects of migration which
will deal effectively with both its causes and manifestations.These studies and approaches should pay special attention to the root
causes of migratory flows, such as lack of full enjoyment of human rights
and fundamental freedoms, the effects of economic globalization on migration
trends;

97.
Recommends that further studies be conducted on how racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance may be reflected in laws,
policies, institutions and practices and how this may have contributed to
the victimization and exclusion of migrants, especially women and children;

98.
Recommends that States include where applicable in their periodic reports
to United Nations human rights treaty bodies, in an appropriate form, statistical
information relating to individuals, members of groups and communities within
their jurisdiction, including statistical data about participation in political
life and about their economic, social and cultural situation. All such information
shall be collected in accordance with provisions on human rights and fundamental
freedoms, such as data protection regulations and privacy guarantees;

99.
Recognizes that combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance is a primary responsibility of States.It therefore encourages States to develop or elaborate national action
plans to promote diversity, equality, equity, social justice, equality of
opportunity and the participation of all.Through, among other things, affirmative or positive actions and strategies,
these plans should aim at creating conditions for all to participate effectively
in decision‑making and realize civil, cultural, economic, political
and social rights in all spheres of life on the basis of non‑discrimination.The World Conference encourages States, in developing
and elaborating such action plans, to establish, or reinforce, dialogue with
non‑governmental organizations in order to involve them more closely
in designing, implementing and evaluating policies and programmes;

100.
Urges States to establish, on the basis of statistical information,
national programmes, including affirmative or positive measures, to promote
the access of groups of individuals who are or may be victims of racial discrimination
to basic social services, including primary education, basic health care and
adequate housing;

101.
Urges States to establish programmes to promote the access without
discrimination to groups or individuals who are victims of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to health care and to
promote strong efforts to eliminate, disparities, inter alia, in the
infant and maternal mortality rates, childhood immunizations, HIV/AIDS, heart
diseases, cancer and contagious diseases;

102.
Urges States to promote residential integration of all members of the
society at the planning stage of urban development schemes and other human
settlements, as well as, while renewing neglected areas of public housing
so as to counter social exclusion and marginalisation.

Employment

103.
Urges States to promote and support where appropriate the organization
and operation of enterprises owned by persons who are victims of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance by promoting equal access
to credits and training programmes;

104.
Urges States and encourages non‑governmental organizations and
the private sector:

(a)To support the creation of workplaces free of discrimination through
a multifaceted strategy that includes civil rights enforcement, public education
and communication within the workplace, and to promote and protect the rights
of workers who are subject to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance;

(b)To foster the creation, growth and expansion of businesses dedicated to
improving economic and educational conditions in underserved and disadvantaged
areas, by increasing access to capital through, inter alia, community
development banks, recognizing that new businesses can have a positive, dynamic
impact on communities in need, and to work with the private sector to create
jobs, help retain existing jobs and stimulate industrial and commercial growth
in economically distressed areas;

(c)to improve the prospects of targeted
groups facing, inter alia, the greatest obstacles in finding, keeping
or regaining work, including skilled employment.Particular attention should be paid to persons subject to multiple
discrimination;

105.
Urges States to give special attention, when devising and implementing
legislation and policies designed to enhance the protection of workers’ rights,
to the serious situation of the lack of protection, and in some cases, exploitation,
as in the case of trafficked persons and smuggled migrants which makes them
more vulnerable to ill-treatment such as confinement in the case of domestic
workers and also being employed in dangerous and poorly paid jobs.

106. Urges States to avoid the negative
effects of discriminatory practices, racism and xenophobia in employment and
occupation by promoting the application and observance of international instruments
and norms on workers’ rights.

107. Encourages States to consider
taking measures to increase the recruitment, retention and promotion of women
and men belonging to groups which are currently under-represented in the teaching
profession as a result of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance and guarantee them effective equality of access to the profession
it.Particular efforts should be made
to recruit women and men who have the ability to interact effectively with
all groups;

108. Calls upon States and encourages representatives of trade
unions and the business sector to advance non-discriminatory practices at
the work place and protect the rights of workers including in particular,
the victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

109. Calls upon States to provide effective access
to administrative and legal procedures and other remedial action to victims
of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance at the
work place.

Health, environment

110.
Urges States, individually and through international cooperation, to
enhance measures to fulfil the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health, with a view to eliminating
disparities in health status, as indicated in standard health indexes, which
might result from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

111.
Urges States and encourages non‑governmental organizations and
the private sector:

(a)To provide effective mechanisms for monitoring and eliminating racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the health‑care
system, such as the development and enforcement of effective anti‑discrimination
laws;

(b)To take steps to ensure equal access to comprehensive, quality health
care affordable for all, including primary health care for medically underserved
people, facilitate the training of a health workforce that is both diverse
and motivated to work in underserved communities, and work to increase diversity
in the health‑care profession by recruiting women and men from all groups
on merit and potential, representing the diversity of their societies, for
health‑care careers and by retaining them in the health professions;

(d)To work with health professionals, scientific researchers
and international and regional health organizations to study the differential
impacts of medical treatments and health strategies on various communities;

(e)To adopt and implement policies and programmes to
improve HIV/AIDS prevention efforts in high‑risk communities and work
to expand availability of HIV/AIDS care, treatment and other support services;

112.
Invites States to consider non-discriminatory measures to provide a
safe and healthy environment for individuals and members of groups victims
of or subject to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
in particular:

a)to improve access
to public information on health and environment issues;

b)to ensure that relevant
concerns are taken into account in the public process of decision-making on
the environment;

c)to share technology
and successful practices to improve human health and environment in all areas;

d)to take appropriate
remedial measures, as possible to clean, re-use and redevelop contaminated
sites and where appropriate, relocate those affected on a voluntary basis
after consultations;

Equal participation
in political, economic, social and cultural decision‑making

113.
Urges States and encourages the private sector and international financial
and development institutions, such as the World Bank and regional development
banks, to promote participation of persons who are victims of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in economic, cultural
and social decision‑making at all stages, particularly in the development
and implementation of poverty alleviation strategies, development projects,
and trade and market assistance programmes;

114.
Urges States to promote, as appropriate,
effective and equal access of all members of the community, especially those
who are victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
to the decision making process in society at all levels and in particular
at the local level, and also urges States and encourages the private sector
to facilitate their effective participation in the economic life;

115.
Urges all multilateral financial and development institutions in particular
the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organisation and
regional development banks to promote, in accordance with their regular budgets
and the procedures of their governing bodies, participation by all members
of the international community in decision making processes at all stages
and levels in order to facilitate development projects and, as appropriate,
trade and market access programmes.

Role of politicians and political
parties

116. Underlines the key role that politicians and political
parties can play in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance and encourages political parties to take concrete steps
to promote equality, solidarity and non-discrimination in society, inter alia,
by developing voluntary codes of conduct, which include internal disciplinary
measures for violations thereof, so their members refrain from public statements
and actions that encourage or incite racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance;

117.Invites the Inter-Parliamentary Union
to encourage debate in, and action by, Parliaments on various measures including
laws and policies to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance.

3.Education and awareness-raising measures

118.
Urges States, where appropriate working with other relevant bodies,
to commit financial resources to anti‑racism education and to media
campaigns promoting the values of acceptance, tolerance, diversity and respect
for the cultures of all indigenous peoples living within their national borders.In particular, States should promote an accurate
understanding of the histories and cultures of indigenous peoples;

119.
Urges the United Nations, other appropriate international and regional
organizations and States to redress the marginalization of Africa’s contribution
to world history and civilization by developing and implementing a specific
and comprehensive programme of research, education and mass communication
to disseminate widely a balanced and objective presentation of Africa’s seminal
and valuable contribution to humanity;

120.
Invites States and relevant international organizations and non-governmental
organizations to build upon the efforts of UNESCO's Slave Route Project and
its theme of “Breaking the Silence” by developing texts and testimony slavery
multi-media centres and/or programmes that will collect, record, organize,
exhibit and publish the existing data relevant to the history of slavery and
the trans-Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean slave trades, paying particular
attention to the thoughts and actions of the victims of slavery and the slave
trade, in their quest for freedom and justice.

Access to education without
discrimination

121.
Urges States to commit themselves to ensuring access to education,
including access to free primary education for all children, both girls and
boys and access for adults to lifelong learning and education, based on respect
for human rights, diversity and tolerance, without discrimination of any kind;

122.
Urges States to ensure equal access to education for all in law and
in practice and to refrain from any legal or any other measures leading to
imposed racial segregation in any form in access to schooling;

123.
Urges States to:

(a)adopt and implement laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of
race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin at all levels of education,
both formal and non-formal;

(b)take all appropriate measures to eliminate obstacles limiting the access
of children to education;

(c)ensurethat all children have access
without discrimination to education of good quality;

(d)establish and implement standardised methods to measure and track the
educationalperformance of disadvantaged
children and young people;

(e)to commit resources to eliminate where they exist,inequalities in educational outcomes for children
and young people;

(g)consider establishing financial assistance programmes designed to enable
all students, regardless of race, colour, descent or ethnic or national origin
to attend institutions of higher education;

125.Urges
States to adopt and implement laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis
of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin at all levels of education;
remove barriers and ensure equal access to quality education that maximizes
opportunities for employment in today’s job markets; establish and implement
methods to measure and track improvement in disadvantaged youths’ education
performance; support efforts to ensure safe school environments free from
violence and free of harassment on the basis of race, colour, descent or national
or ethnic origin; and establish financial assistance programmes designed to
enable students, regardless of race, colour, descent or ethnic or national
origin, to attend institutions of higher education;

Human rights education

126. Requests States to include the struggle against racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance among the activities
undertaken within the framework of the United Nations Decade for
Human Rights Education and to take into account the recommendations of the
mid‑term evaluation report of the Decade;

127.
Encourages all States, in cooperation with the United Nations, UNESCO
and other relevant international organizations, to initiate and develop cultural
and educational programmes aimed at countering racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance, in order to ensure respect for the dignity
and worth of all human beings and enhance mutual understanding amongst all
cultures and civilizations.It further urges States to support and implement
public information campaigns and specific training programmes in the field
of human rights, where appropriate formulated in local languages, to combat
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and promote
respect for the values of diversity, pluralism, tolerance, mutual respect,
cultural sensitivity, integration and inclusiveness, Such programmes and campaigns
should be addressed to all sectors of society, in particular children and
young people;

128.
Urges States to intensify their efforts in the field of education,
including human rights education, in order to promote an understanding and
awareness of the causes, consequences and evils of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance and also urges States and encourages educational
authorities and the private sector, as appropriate, to develop educational
materials, in consultation with educational authorities and the private sector,
as appropriate, including textbooks and dictionaries, aimed at combating those
phenomena, and, in this context, calls upon States to give importance if appropriate,
to textbook and curriculum review and amendment so as to eliminate any elements
that might promote racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
or reinforce negative stereotypes, and to include material that refutes such
stereotypes;

129.
Urges the United Nations, other appropriate international and regional
organizations and States to redress the marginalization of Africa’s contribution
to world history and civilization by developing and implementing a specific
and comprehensive programme of research, education and mass communication
to disseminate widely a balanced and objective presentation of Africa’s seminal
and valuable contribution to humanity;

130.
Urges States, where appropriate working with other relevant bodies,
to commit financial resources to anti‑racism education and to media
campaigns promoting the values of acceptance, tolerance, diversity and respect
for the cultures of all indigenous peoples living within their borders.In particular, States should promote an accurate understanding of the
histories and cultures of indigenous peoples;

131.
Urges States, if appropriate in cooperation with relevant organization
including youth organizations,to support and implement public formal and non‑formal
education,programmes designed to promote
respect for cultural diversity;

Human rights education
for children and youth

132.
Urges States to introduce and, as applicable, to reinforce anti‑discrimination
and anti‑racism components in human rights programmes in school curricula,
to develop and improve relevant educational material, including history and
other textbooks and to ensure that all teachers are effectively trained and
adequately motivated to shape attitudes and behavioural patterns, based on
the principles of non‑discrimination, mutual respect and tolerance;

133.
Calls upon States to undertake and facilitate activities aimed at educating
young people in human rights and democratic citizenship and instilling values
of solidarity, respect and appreciation of diversity, including respect for
different groups.A special effort to inform and sensitize young
people to respect democratic values and human rights should be undertaken
or developed to fight against ideologies based on the fallacious theory of
racial superiority;

134.
Urges States to encourage all schools to consider developing educational
activities, including extra‑curricular ones to raise awareness against
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, inter
alia, by commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (21 March);

135.
Recommends to States to introduce, or reinforce, human rights education,
with a view to combating prejudices which lead to racial discrimination and
to promoting understanding , tolerance and friendship between different racial
or ethnic groups in schools and in institutions of higher education curricula
and to support public formal and non-formal education programmes designed
to promote respect for cultural diversity and self-esteem of victims;

Human rights education for public officials and professionals

136.
Urges States to develop and strengthen anti‑racist and gender‑sensitive
human rights training for public officials including personnel in the administration
of justice, particularly in law enforcement, correctional and security services
as well as among health‑care, schools and migration authorities;

137.
Urges States to pay specific attention to the negative impact of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the administration
of justice and fair trial and to conduct nationwide campaigns, amongst
other measures, to raise awareness among State organs and public officials
concerning their obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and other relevant instruments;

138.
Requests States, wherever appropriate through cooperation with international
organizations, national institutions, non‑governmental organizations
and the private sector, to organize and facilitate training activities, including
courses or seminars about international norms prohibiting racial discrimination
and their applicability in domestic law, as well as on their international
human rights obligations, for prosecutors, members of the judiciary and other
public officials;

139.
Calls upon States to ensure that education and training, especially
teacher training, promote respect for human rights and the fight against racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and that educational
institutions implement policies and programmes agreed by the relevant authorities
on equal opportunities, anti‑racism, gender equality, cultural, religious
and other diversity, with the participation of teachers, parents and students,
and follow‑up their implementation.It further urges all educators, including teachers at all levels of
education, religious communities and the print and electronic media to play
an effective role in human rights education including as a means to combat
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

140.
Encourages States to consider taking measures to increase the recruitment,
retention and promotion of women and men who are victims of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in the teaching profession
and guarantee them effective equality of access to it. Particular efforts
should be made to recruit women and men who have the ability to interact effectively
with all groups;

141.
Urges States to strengthen the human rights training and awareness‑raising
activities designed for immigration officials, border police and staff of
detention centres and prisons, local authorities and other civil servants
in charge of enforcing laws, as well as teachers, with particular attention
to the human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in order to
prevent acts of racial discrimination and xenophobia avoid situations where
prejudices lead to decisions based on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
or related intolerance;

142.
Urges States to provide or strengthen training for law enforcement,
immigration and other relevant officials in the prevention of trafficking
in persons. The training should focus on methods used in preventing such trafficking,
prosecuting the traffickers and protecting the rights of victims, including
protecting the victims from the traffickers.The training should also take into account the need to consider human
rights and child- and gender- sensitive issues and it should encourage cooperation
with non-governmental organizations, other relevant organizations and other
elements of civil society;

4.Information, communication and the media, including new technologies

143.
Welcomes the positive contribution made by the new information and
communications technologies, including the Internet, in combating racism through
rapid and wide‑reaching communication.

144.
Draws attention to the potential to increase the use of the new information
and communications technologies, including the Internet, to create educational
and awareness‑raising networks against racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance, both in and out of school, as well as
the ability of the Internet to promote universal respect for human rights
and also respect for the value of cultural diversity;

145.
Emphasises the importance of recognizing the value of cultural diversity
and putting in place concrete measures to encourage the access of the marginalized
communities to the mainstream and alternative media through, inter alia,
the presentation of programmes that reflect their cultures and languages;

146.
Expresses concern at the material progression of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance including its contemporary forms and manifestations,
such as the use of the new information and communications technologies, including
the Internet, to disseminate ideas of racial superiority;

147.
Urges States and encourages the private sector to promote the development
by the media, including the print and electronic media, including Internet
and advertising, taking into account their independence, through their relevant
associations and organizations at the national, regional and international
levels, of a voluntary ethical code of conduct and self‑regulatory measures,
of policies and practices aimed at:

(b)Promoting the fair, balanced and equitable representation
of the diversity of their societies, as well as ensuring that this diversity
is reflected among their staff;

(c)Combating the proliferation of ideas of racial
superiority, justification of racial hatred and discrimination in any form;

(d)Promoting respect, tolerance and understanding among all individuals,
peoples, nations and civilizations, for example through assistance in public
awareness‑raising campaigns;

(e)Avoiding stereotyping in all its forms, and particularly
the promotion of false images of migrants, including migrant workers, and
refugees in order to prevent the spread of xenophobic sentiments among the
public and to encourage the objective and balanced portrayal of people, events
and history;

148.
Urges States to implement legal sanctions, in accordance with relevant
international human rights law, in respect of incitement to racial hatred
through new information and communications technologies, including the Internet,
and further urges them to apply all relevant human rights instruments to which
they are Parties, in particular the International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to racism on the Internet;

149.
Urges States to encourage the media to avoid stereotyping based on
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

150.
Calls upon States to consider the following, taking fully into account
existing international and regional standards on freedom of expression, while
taking all necessary measures to guarantee the right to freedom of opinion
and expression:

a.)to encourage
Internet service providers to establish and disseminate specific voluntary
codes of conduct and self-regulatory measures against the dissemination of
racist messages and those that result in racial discrimination, xenophobia
or any form of intolerance and discrimination; to that end, Internet providers
are encouraged to set up mediating bodies at national and international levels,
involving relevant civil society institutions;

b.)to adopt
and apply, to the extent possible, appropriate legislation for prosecuting
those responsible for incitement to racial hatred or violence on the new information
and communications technologies, including the Internet:

c.)to address the problem of
dissemination of racist material through the new information and communications
technologies, including the Internet, inter alia by imparting training
to law enforcement authorities;

d.)to denounce and actively
discourage the transmission of racist and xenophobic messages through all
communications media, including new information and communications technologies,
such as the Internet;

e.)to consider a prompt and
co-ordinated international response to the rapidly evolving phenomenon of
the dissemination of hate speech and racist material on new information and
communications technologies, including the Internet;and in this context to strengthen international
cooperation;

f.)to encourage access and use
by all people of the Internet as an international and equal forum, aware that
there are disparities in use of and access to the Internet;

g.)to examine ways in which
the positive contribution made by the new information and communications technologies,
such as the Internet, can be enhanced through replication of good practices
in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

h.)to encourage the reflection
of the diversity of societies among the personnel of media organisations and
the new information and communications technologies, such as the Internet,
by promoting adequate representation of different segments within societies
at all levels of their organisational structure;

B.International level

151.
Urges all actors on the international scene to build an international
order based on inclusion, justice, equality and equity, human dignity, mutual
understanding and promotion of and respect for cultural diversity and universal
human rights, and to reject all doctrines of exclusion based on racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

152. We believe that all conflicts and disputes should be resolved
through peaceful means and political dialogue. We call on all parties involved
in such conflicts to exercise restraint and to respect human rights and international
humanitarian law;

153.
We call upon States, in opposing all forms of racism, to recognize
the need to counter anti-Semitism, anti-Arabism and Islamophobia world-wide
and urge all States to take effective measures to prevent the emergence of
movements based on racism and discriminator ideas concerning these communities.

154.
As for the situation in the Middle East, we call for the end of violence
and the swift resumption of negotiations, respect for international human
rights and humanitarian law, respect for the principle of self-determination
and the end of all suffering, thus allowing Israel and the Palestinians to
resume the peace process, and to develop and prosper in security and freedom.

155.
Encourages States, regional and international organizations, including
financial institutions, as well as civil society, to address within existing
mechanisms or where necessary to put in place and/or develop mechanisms to
address those aspects of globalization which may lead to racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance;

156.
Recommends that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat
and other concerned United Nations agencies, bodies and programmes strengthen
their coordination to discern patterns of serious violations of human rights
and humanitarian law with a view to assessing the risk of further deterioration
that could lead to genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity;

157.
Encourages the World Health Organisation and other relevant international
organisations to promote and develop activities for the recognition of the
impact of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
as significant social determinants of physical and mental health status, including
the HIV¤ AIDS pandemic, and access to health care, and
to prepare specific projects, including research, to ensure equitable health
systems for the victims.

158.
Encourages the International Labour Organisation to carry out activities
and programmes to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance in the world of work, and support actions of States, employer­¢s organisations and trade unions in
this field.

159.
Urges the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization to provide support to States in the preparation of teaching materials
and tools for promoting teaching, training and educational activities relating
to human rights and the struggle against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance;

IV.PROVISION OF EFFECTIVE REMEDIES, RECOURSE, REDRESS,

AND OTHER MEASURES
AT THE NATIONAL,rEGIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS

Legal assistance

160.
Urges States to take all necessary measures to address, as a matter
of urgency, the pressing requirement for justice for the victims of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to ensure that
victims have full access to information, support, effective protection and
national, administrative and judicial remedies, including the right to seek
just and adequate reparation or satisfaction for damage, as well as legal
assistance, where required;

161.
Urges States to facilitate to victims of racial discrimination, including
victims of torture and ill-treatment, access to all appropriate legal procedures
and free legal assistance in a manner adapted to their specific needs and
vulnerability, including throughlegal
representation;

162.
Urges States to ensure the protection against victimization of complainants
and witnesses to acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance and to consider measures such as, where appropriate, making legal
assistance, including legal aid, available to complainants when seeking a
legal remedy and, if possible, affording the possibility for non‑governmental
organizations to support complainants of racism, with their consent,
in legal procedures;

National legislation and programmes

163.
For the purposes of effectively combating racism and racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance in the civil, political, economic, social
and cultural fields, the World Conference recommends to all Member States
that their national legislative framework should expressly and specifically
prohibit racial discrimination and provide effective judicial and other remedies
or redress, including through the designation of national, independent, specialized
bodies.

164.
Urges States, with regard to the procedural remedies provided for in
their domestic law, to bear in mind the following considerations:

(a)Access to such remedies should be widely available, on a non-discriminatory
and equal basis;

(b)Existing procedural remedies should be made known in the context of
the relevant action, and victims of racial discrimination should be helped
to avail themselves of them in accordance with the particular case;

(c)Inquiries into complaints of racial discrimination, and the adjudication
of such complaints must be carried out as rapidly as possible;

(d)Persons who are victims of racial discrimination should be accorded
legal assistance and aid in the complaint proceedings, where applicable free
of charge and, where necessary, should be provided with the help of competent
interpreters in such complaint proceedings or in any civil or criminal cases
arising therefrom or connected thereto;

(e)The creation of competent national bodies to effectively investigate
allegations of racial discrimination and to give protection to complainants
against intimidation or harassment is a desirable development and should be
undertaken; Steps should be taken towards the enactment of legislation to
prohibit discriminatory practices on grounds of race, colour, descent, national
or ethnic origin, and to provide for the application of appropriate penalties
against offenders and remedies, including adequate compensation of the victims;

(f)Access to legal remedies should be facilitated for victims
of discrimination and, in this regard, the innovation of conferring a capacity
on national and other institutions, as well as relevant non-governmental organizations
to assist such victims should be seriously considered, and programmes should
be developed to enable the most vulnerable groups to have access to the legal
system;

(g)New and innovative methods and procedures of conflict resolution, mediation
and conciliation between parties involved in conflicts or disputes based on
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance should be
explored and, where possible, established;

(h)The development of restorative justice policies and programmes for
the benefit of victims of relevant forms of discrimination is desirable and
should be seriously considered;

(i)States which have acceded to article 14 of the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination should
make increased efforts to inform their public of the existence of the complaints
mechanism under article 14;

Remedies,
reparations, compensation

165.
Urges States to reinforce protection against racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance by ensuring that all persons have access
to effective and adequate remedies and enjoy the right to seek from competent
national tribunals and other national institutions just and adequate reparation
and satisfaction for any damage as a result of such discrimination.It further underlines the importance of access
to the law and to the courts for complainants of racism and racial discrimination
and draws attention to the need for judicial and other remedies to be made
widely known, easily accessible, expeditious and not unduly complicated;

166.
Urges States to adopt the necessary measures, as provided by national
law, to ensure the right of victims to seek just and adequate reparation and
satisfaction to address acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance, and to design effective measures to prevent the repetition
of such acts;

V.STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE FULL AND EFFECTIVE EQUALITY,INCLUDING
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ANDENHANCEMENT
OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHERINTERNATIONAL
MECHANISMS IN COMBATING RACISM,RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED
INTOLERANCE AND FOLLOW-UP

167.
Calls upon States to apply diligently all commitments undertaken by
them in the declarations and plans of action of the regional conferences in
which they participated, and to formulate national policies and action plans
to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
in compliance with the objectives set forth therein, and as provided for in
other relevant instruments and decisions; and further requests that, in cases
where such national policies and action plans to combat racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance already exist, States incorporate in them
the commitments arising from their regional conferences;

168.
Urges States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to the
Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and their two Additional Protocols
of 1977, as well as to other treaties of international humanitarian law, and
to enact, with the highest priority, appropriate legislation, taking the measures
required to give full effect to their obligations under international humanitarian
law, in particular in relation to the rules prohibiting discrimination;

169.
Urges States to develop cooperation programmes to promote equal opportunities
for the benefit of victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance and encourages them to propose the creation of multilateral
cooperation programmes with the same objective;

170.
Invites States to include the subject of the struggle against racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the work programmes
of the regional integration agencies and of the regional cross‑boundary
dialogue forums;

171.
Urges States to recognize the challenges that people of different socially
constructed races, colours, descent, national or ethnic origins, religions
and languages experience in seeking to live together and to develop harmonious
multi-racial and multi-cultural societies; also urges States to recognize
that the positive examples of relatively successful multi-racial and multi-cultural
societies, such as some of those in the Caribbean region, need to be examined
and analysed, and that techniques, mechanisms, policies and programmes for
reconciling conflicts based on factors related to race, colour, descent, language,
religion, national or ethnic origin, and for developing harmonious multi-racial
and multi cultural societies need to be systematically considered and developed,
and therefore requests the United Nations and its relevant specialized agencies
to consider establishing an international centre for multi-racial and multi-cultural
studies and policy development to undertaken this critical work for the benefit
of the international community;

172.
Urges States to protect the national or ethnic, cultural, religious
and linguistic identity of minorities within their respective territories
and to develop appropriate legislative and other measures to encourage conditions
for the promotion of that identity, in order to protect them from any form
of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. In this
context, forms of multiple discrimination should be fully taken into account.

173.
Further urges States to equally ensure the protection and promotion
of the identities of the historically disadvantaged communities in those unique
circumstances where this may be appropriate;

174.
Urges States to take or strengthen measures, including through bilateral
or multilateral cooperation, to address root causes, such as poverty, underdevelopment
and lack of equal opportunity, some of which may be associated with discriminatory
practices, that make persons, especially women and children, vulnerable to
trafficking, which may give rise to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance;

175. Encourages States, in cooperation
with non‑governmental organizations, to undertake campaigns aimed at
clarifying opportunities, limitations and rights in the event of migration
so as to enable everyone, in particular women to make informed decisions and
to prevent them from becoming victims of trafficking;

176. Urges States to adopt and implement
social development policies based on reliable statistical data and centred
on the attainment, by the year 2015, of the commitments to meet the basic
needs of all set forth in paragraph 36 of the Programme of Action of the World
Summit for Social Development, held at Copenhagen in 1995, with a view to
significantly close the existing gaps in living conditions faced by victims
of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, especially
regarding the illiteracy rate, universal primary education, infant mortality,
under‑five child mortality, health, reproductive health care to all,
and access to safe drinking water.Promotion
of gender equality will also be taken into account in the adoption and implementation
of these policies.

International legal
framework

177.
Urges States to continue cooperating with the Committee on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination and other human rights treaty monitoring bodies in
order to promote, including by means of a constructive and transparent dialogue,
the effective implementation of these instruments and proper consideration
of the recommendations adopted by these bodies concerning complaints of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

178.
Requests adequate resources for the Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination in order to enable the full discharge of its mandate
and stresses the importance of providing adequate resources for all United
Nations human rights treaty bodies.

General international instruments

179.
Endorses efforts of the international community, in particular steps
taken under the auspices of UNESCO to promote respect for and preserve cultural
diversity within and between communities and nations with a view to creating
a harmonious multicultural world, including elaboration of a possible international
instrument in this respect in a manner consistent with international human
rights instruments;

180.
Invites the United Nations General Assembly to consider elaborating
an integral and comprehensive International Convention to protect and promote
the rights and dignity of disabled people, including especially provisions
that address the discriminatory practices and treatment affecting them.

Regional/international
cooperation

181.
Invites the Inter‑Parliamentary Union to contribute to the activities
of the International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance by encouraging national Parliaments to
review progress on the objectives of the World Conference;

182.
Encourages States to participate in regional dialogues on problems
of migration and invites them to consider negotiating bilateral and regional
agreements on migrant workers and designing and implementing programmes with
States of other regions to protect the rights of migrants;

183.
Urges States, in consultation with civil society, to support or otherwise
establish, as appropriate, regional, comprehensive dialogues on the causes
and consequences of migration that focus not only on law enforcement and border
control, but also on the promotion and protection of the human rights of migrants
and on the relationship between migration and development;

184.
Encourages international organizations having mandates dealing specifically
with migration issues to exchange information and coordinate their activities
on matters involving racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance against migrants, including migrant workers, with the support
of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;

185.
Expresses its deep concern over the severity of humanitarian sufferings
of affected civilian populations and the burden carried by many receiving
countries, particularly developing countries and countries in transition,
andrequests the relevant international institutions
to ensure that urgent adequate financial and humanitarian assistance is maintained
for the host countries to enable them to help the victims, to address on an
equitable basis, difficulties of populations expelled from their homes and
calls for sufficient safeguards to enable refugees to exercise freely their
right of return to their countries of origin voluntarily, in safety and dignity;

186.
Encourages States to conclude bilateral, subregional, regional and
international agreements to address the problem of trafficking in women and
children, in particular girls, as
well as the smuggling of migrants;

187.
Calls upon States, to promote, as appropriate, exchanges at the regional
and international levels among independent national institutions and as applicable
other relevant independent bodies with a view to enhance cooperation to combat
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

188.
Urges States to support the activities of regional bodies/centres which
combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance where
they exist in their region, and recommends the establishment of such bodies
where they do not exist/be considered in all regions. These bodies/centres
may undertake the following activities, amongst others:assess and follow-up the situation of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance and of individuals or groups which are
victims thereof or subject to identify trends and issues/problems; collect,
disseminate and exchange information/inter alia relevant to the outcome
of regional conferences and the World Conference and build networks to these
ends; highlight examples of good practice; organize awareness raising campaigns;
develop proposals/solutions/preventive measures, where possible and appropriate,
through joint efforts by coordinating with the United Nations, regional organizations
and Member States and national human rights institutions;

189.
Urges international organizations, within their mandates, to contribute
to the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance;

190.
Encourages financial and development institutions and the operational
programmes and specialised agencies of the United Nations, in accordance with
their regular budgets and the procedures of their governing bodies, to:

a)Assign particular priority
and allocate sufficient funding, within their areas of competence and budgets,
to improve the situation of victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance in order to combat manifestations of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to include them in
the development and implementation of projects concerning them,

b)Integrate human rights
principles and standards into their policies and programmes,

c)Consider including
in their regular reporting to their boards of governors information on their
contribution to promote the participation of victims of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance within their programmes and activities,
and information on the efforts taken to facilitate their participation and
to ensure that these policies and practices contribute to the eradication
of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,

d)Examine how their
policies and practices affect victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance and ensure that these policies and practices contribute
to the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance.

191.

a)Calls upon States
to elaborate in consultation with national human rights institutions, other
institutions created by law to combat racism, and civil society and to provide
the High Commissioner for Human Rights with action plans and other relevant
materials on the measures undertaken in order to implement provisions of the
Declaration and the Programme of Action.

b)In follow-up to the
World Conference, the High Commissioner for Human Rights is requested to cooperate
with five independent eminent experts, one from each region, appointed by
the Secretary-General from among candidates proposed by the Chairman of the
Commission on Human Rights, after consultation with the regional groups, to
follow the implementation of the provisions of the Declaration and Programme
of Action.An annual progress report
on the implementation of these provisions will be presented by the High Commissioner
to the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly, taking into account
information and views provided by States, relevant human rights treaty bodies,
special procedures and other mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights
of the United Nations, international, regional and non-governmental organizations
and national human rights institutions;

c)Welcomes the intention
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to establish, within
the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, an anti-discrimination
unit to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
and to promote equality and non-discrimination, and invites her to consider
the inclusion into its mandate, inter alia, the compilation of information
onracial discrimination and its development,
on legal and administrative support and advice to victims of racial discrimination
and the collection of background materials provided by States, international,
regional and non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions
under the follow-up mechanism of the World Conference;

d)Recommends that the
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in co-operation with States,
international, regional and non-governmental organizations and national human
rights institutions creates a database containing information on practical
means to address racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
particularly international and regional instruments and national legislation,
including anti-discrimination legislation, as well as legal means to combat
racial discrimination; on remedies available through international mechanisms
to victims of racial discrimination as well as national remedies; educational
and preventive programmes implemented in various countries and regions; best
practices to address racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance; opportunities for technical cooperation; and academic studies
and specialized documents, and assure that such a database is as accessible
as possible to those in authority and the public at large, through its website
and by other appropriate means;

192.
Invites the United Nations and UNESCO to continue to organize high‑level
and other meetings on the Dialogue among Civilizations and, with this purpose,
to mobilize funds and promote partnerships;

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

193.
Encourages the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
continue and expand the appointment and designation of goodwill ambassadors
in all countries of the world in order to, inter alia, promote respect
for human rights, a culture of tolerance and to increase the level of awareness
about the scourge of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance;

194.
Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to
continue its efforts to further increase awareness of the work of the Committee
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and other United Nations human
rights treaty bodies;

195.
Invites the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in consultation
with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
and non‑governmental organizations active in the field of the promotion
and protection of human rights, to undertake regular consultations with them
and to encourage research activities aimed at collecting, maintaining and
adapting the technical, scientific, educational and information materials
producedby all cultures around the world to fight racism;

196.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to pay
special attention to violations of the human rights of victims of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular migrants,
including migrant workers, to promote international cooperation in combating
xenophobia and, to this end, develop programmes which can be applied in countries
on the basis of appropriate cooperation agreements;

197.
Invites States to assist the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights in developing and funding, upon the request of States, specific technical
cooperation projects aimed at combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance;

198.
The World Conference:

(a)Invites the Commission
on Human Rights to include into mandates of theSpecial Rapporteurs and working groups of the
Commission on Human Rights, in particular the Special Rapporteur on contemporary
forms of racism, recommendations to consider the relevant provisions of the
Declaration and the Programme of Action while exercising their mandates, in
particular, reporting to the General Assembly and the Commission on Human
Rights and also to consider any other appropriate means to follow-up on the
outcome on the World Conference.

(b)Calls upon States to
cooperate with the relevant special procedures of the Commission on Human
Rights and other mechanisms of the United Nations in matters pertaining to
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular
with the special rapporteurs, independent experts and special representatives;

199.
Recommends that the Commission on Human Rights prepare complementary
international standards to strengthen and update international instruments
against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
in all their aspects;

Decades

200. Urges States
and the international communityto
supportthe activities of the Third Decade to
Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;

201.
Recommends that the General Assembly consider declaring a United Nations year
or decade against trafficking in persons, especially in women, youth and children
in order to protect their dignity and human rights;

202.
Urges States, in close cooperation with UNESCO,to promote the implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action
on a Culture of Peace and the objectives of the International Decade for a
Culture of Peace and Non‑Violence for the Children of the World to
started in 2001 and invites UNESCO to contribute to these activities;

Indigenous peoples

203.
Recommends that the United Nations Secretary- General conduct an evaluation
of the results of the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
(1995-2004) and make recommendations concerning how to mark the end of this
Decade, including an appropriate follow-up;

204.
Requests States to ensure adequate funding for the establishment of an operational
framework and a firm basis for the future development of the Permanent Forum
on Indigenous Issues within the United Nations system;

205.
Urges States to cooperate with the work of the Special Rapporteur on the situation
of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people and requests
the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure
that the Special Rapporteur is provided with all the necessary human, technical
and financial resources to fulfil his/her responsibilities;

206.
Calls upon States to conclude negotiations on and approve as soon as possible
the text of the draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, under
discussion by the working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate
a draft declaration, in accordance with Commission resolution 1995/32;

207.
Urges States, in the light of the relationship between racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance and poverty, marginality and social exclusion
of peoples and individuals at both the national and international levels,
to enhance their policies and measures to reduce income and wealth inequalities
and to take appropriate steps, individually and through international cooperation,
to promote and protect economic, social and cultural rights on a non-discriminatory
basis;

208.
Urges States and international financial and development institutions to mitigate
any negative effects of globalization by examining inter alia how their policies
and practices affect national populations in general and indigenous peoples
in particular; by ensuring that their policies and practices contribute to
the eradication of racism through the participation of national populations
and, in particular, indigenous peoples in development projects; by further
democratizing international financial institutions; and by consulting with
indigenous peoples on any matter that may affect their physical, spiritual
or cultural integrity;

209.
Invites financial and development institutions and the operational programmes
and specialized agencies of the United Nations, in accordance with their regular
budgets and the procedures of their governing bodies:

(a)To assign particular
priority to and allocate sufficient funding, within their areas of competence,
to the improvement of the status of indigenous peoples, with special attention
to the needs of these populations in developing countries, including the preparation
of specific programmes with a view to achieving the objectives of the International
Decade of the World’s Indigenous People;

(b)To carry out special
projects, through appropriate channels and in collaboration with indigenous
peoples, to support their initiatives at the community level and to facilitate
the exchange of information and technical know‑how between indigenous
peoples and experts in these areas;

Civil society

210.
Calls upon States to strengthen cooperation, develop partnerships and consult
regularly with non‑governmental organizations and all other sectors
of the civil society to harness their experience and expertise thereby contributing
to the development oflegislation, policies and other governmental
initiatives, as well as involving them more closely in the elaboration and
implementation of policies and programmes designed to combat racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

211.
Urges leaders from religious communities to continue to confront racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance through, inter alia,
promotion and sponsoring of dialogue and partnerships to bring about reconciliation
and healing and harmony within and among societies, and invites the religious
community to participate in promoting economic and social revitalization and
encourages religious leaders to foster greater cooperation and contact between
diverse racial groups;

212.
Urges States to establish and strengthen effective partnerships with and provide
support, as appropriate, to all relevant actors of civil society, including
non-governmental organizations working to promote gender equality and advancement
of women, particularly women subject to multiple discrimination, to promote
an integrated and holistic approach to the elimination of all forms of discrimination
against women and girls;

Non-governmental
organizations

213.
Urges States to provide an open and conducive environment to enable non-governmental
organizations to function freely and openly within their societies and thereby
make an effective contribution to the elimination of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance throughout the world and promote a wider
role for grass-roots organizations;

214.
Calls upon States to explore means to expand the role of non-governmental
organizations in society through, in particular, deepening the ties of solidarity
amongst citizens, promoting greater trusts across racial and social class
divides bypromoting wider citizen involvement and more
voluntary cooperation ;

The private sector

215.
Urges States to take measures including, where appropriate, legislative measures,
to ensure that transnational corporations and other foreign enterprises operating
within their national territories conform to precepts and practices of non-racism
and non-discrimination, and further encourages the business sector, including
transnational corporations and foreign enterprises, to collaborate with trade
unions and other relevant sectors of civil society to develop voluntary codes
of conduct for all businesses, designed to prevent, address and eradicate
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Youth

216.
Urges States to encourage the full and active participation of, as well as
involve more closely, youth in the elaboration, planning and implementation
of activities to fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance, and calls upon States, in partnership with non-governmental organizations
and other sectors of society, to facilitate both national and international
youth dialogue on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
through the World Youth Forum of the United Nations system and through
the use of new technologies, exchanges and other means;

217.
Urges States to encourage and facilitate the establishment and maintenance
of youth mechanisms, set up by youth organizations and young women and men
themselves, in the spirit of combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance, through such activities as, among others: disseminating
and exchanging information and building networks to these ends; organizing
awareness-raising campaigns and participating in multicultural education programmes;
developing proposals/solutions where possible and appropriate; cooperating
and consulting regularly with non-governmental organizations and other actors
in civil society in developing initiatives and programmes that promote intercultural
exchange and dialogue.

218.
Urges States, in co-operation with intergovernmental organisations, the International
Olympic Committee and International and Regional Sports Federations, to intensify
the fight against racism in sport by, among other things, educating the youth
of the world through sport practised without discrimination of any kind and
in the Olympic spirit, which requires human understanding , tolerance, fair
play and solidarity.

219.
Recognizes that the success of this Programme of Action will require political
will and adequate funding at the national, regional and international levels,
and international cooperation.